Potential Preds: 2021 NHL Draft Scouting Report - Centers

The NHL Draft will be held virtually again in 2021, and the Predators will be ready to make their selections from the friendly confines of Bridgestone Arena once more.
Nashville currently holds eight picks in the Draft - including No. 19 overall, and three of the Top 50 selections - allowing plenty of opportunities for General Manager David Poile and the organization to continue to restock the prospect cupboard.
That first chance will come just over midway through the first round on Friday night, and as always, the focus will be on taking the best-available player, regardless of position.

So, will that individual play down the middle of the ice? Here are five centermen who could hear their names called by the Preds in Round 1 on Friday night.
\All scouting reports produced by NHL Central Scouting*
Cole Sillinger, Center - 10th-ranked North American Skater, NHL Central Scouting
6-0, 197 lbs. - Sioux Falls, USHL
May 16, 2003 - Columbus, Ohio

Francesco Pinelli, Center - 15th-ranked North American Skater, NHL Central Scouting
6-0, 185 lbs. - Kitchener, OHL
April 11, 2003 - Hamilton, Ontario

Chaz Lucius, Center - 12th-ranked North American Skater, NHL Central Scouting
6-1, 185 lbs. - USA U-18, NTDP
May 2, 2003 - Lawrence, Kansas

Xavier Bourgault, Center - 13th-ranked North American Skater, NHL Central Scouting
6-0, 172 lbs. - Shawinigan, QMJHL
Oct. 22, 2002 - L'Islet, Quebec

Fedor Svechkov, Center - 6th-ranked International Skater, NHL Central Scouting
6-0, 187 lbs. - Togliatti, RUSSIA-2
April 5, 2003 - Togliatti, Russia

Photo of Cole Sillinger courtesy of Jasen Robbennolt (Sioux Falls, USHL)